“As Good As It Gets”? The Second Half Gets Another Stress Test
About this episode
The episode discusses the mixed signals in the commercial real estate market amid rising oil prices and interest rate concerns.
This week on the CRE Weekly Digest, hosts Dianne Crocker and Manus Clancy once again dial into a mix of conflicting signals. Renewed conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices back up and the 10-year Treasury toward spring highs, even as a cooler-than-expected CPI report offered a brief reprieve. Commercial real estate investors were reminded that hopes for lower interest rates remain just that: hopes. Meanwhile, strong earnings from the nation's largest banks, including a $6 billion profi...
People in this episode
Hosts: Dianne Crocker, Manus Clancy
Topics covered
- commercial real estate
- interest rates
- oil prices
- CPI report
- bank earnings
Keywords
- commercial real estate
- interest rates
- oil prices
- CPI
- bank earnings
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LightBox, CPI, nation's largest banks
Places: Middle East
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